They waived the Jones Act after Maria, albeit briefly. I think PR's debt problems are an order of magnitude worse than the excessive cost of shipping. They nee

They waived the Jones Act after Maria, albeit briefly. I think PR's debt problems are an order of magnitude worse than the excessive cost of shipping. They need to be a full US state, and they need federal aid to fix their balance sheet (beyond PROMESA). I think a Jones Act subsidy would be a reasonable policy to preserve a US shipbuilding industrial base while not doing so on AK, HI, PR, et al's dime.